Ever since I wallpapered with the dictionary, I've been trying to find other uses. I also matted a piece that I made with some. I love the look that I've gotten so far, but I'm running out of ideas :). In an effort to use another of my Styrofoam balls and to use up a little more of my dictionary pages, I created this masterpiece.
Ok, maybe not a masterpiece, but it is my favorite decor balls that I have done so far. And, it was super easy.. my kind of craft!
I just cut strips of the dictionary. I made them fairly thin so they would lay flat on my ball.
I had no rhyme or reason, I just glued. I did try to cover each strip with a perpendicular strip though. In my mind, that helped it to stick better.
As I got close to being done, I made sure that there were no green places showing through.
When I got all the way done, I 'mashed' it around like it was a snow ball to make sure that everything was pushed down snug and secure.
I really like it; it was basically FREE; and I used up an entire HALF page from my dictionary! Only about 800 more pages to go!
The other decor balls I also made. They can be found here for the sisal one and here for the twine. The globes are up next on the "to blog about list"!
delightful! I love print, too! I dropped in from SNS and am so happy that I did. Hope to see you back at my place sometime soon! I have become a follower and hope you will do the same. until later...
ReplyDeleteReally cute! So smart. But, I see a map ball I love!!! I am a sucker for maps. Did you make that also? Just too cute.
ReplyDeleteLove book crafts! And I love low cost decor with alot of impact and these balls certainly fill the bill. Very clever and cute!
ReplyDeleteA nice craft to use books, etc. Dropping by from BNOTP.
ReplyDeleteI just found some ugly balls at the thrift store...I love what you have done to yours...thanks for the ideas.
ReplyDeleteI love the dictionary ball. Very cute.
ReplyDeleteGreat project! And it goes so well with the other balls! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites!
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ReplyDeleteAccent balls are expensive to buy, very clever.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to stop by & say I love these balls! There super cute & I wanted you to know I linked to you on my new blog givingithallornothing@blogspot.com I modge podged some pages of a book to an old coffeetable if you wanna see, I also found this super cute tree made of pages, just to give you some more ideas of things to do with your left over dictionary pages?
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